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"We met him in the entrance hall - he already knew - he just said, 'Harry's gone after him, hasn't he?' and hurtled off to the third floor." - Stone


The Third Floor Corridor

As Professor Dumbledore raced into the entrance hall, he found Ms. Granger and Mr. Weasley red-faced, their eyes shining with fear.

"'Harry's gone after him, hasn't he?'" he asked, although he already knew the answer.

Albus Dumbledore ran. Behind him, he could hear Ron and Hermione trying to keep up.

"Stop!" He cried in a clear commanding voice.

"How did he know?" Ron asked Hermione

"Do you think we should try to follow him?" he added.

"Yes," said Hermione nodding, her eyes wide.

"We should stay back a bit, though" added Ron and they both hurried quietly after Dumbledore.

When the children reached the entrance to the third-floor corridor, Hermione rounded on Ron.

"Wait here," she told him. "If I'm not back in an hour, get help!"

AD

If anything had happened to Harry…. He had done this.

Dumbledore directed his rage into the elder wand and filled the chamber with a furious "Appalachian Spring". Instantly, Fluffy was asleep. Next, Albus cut through the air with his wand to levitate the trap door. Maneuvering himself down, he sent grass-green flames unto the Devil's Snare. Dumbledore then heard a familiar sound.

"I meant no disrespect, Fawkes". Dumbledore said softly as his phoenix appeared above him singing louder than usual.

Dumbledore, Fawkes above, entered the room with Flitwick's enchantment. With a wave of his wand, each of Flitwick's enchanted keys fell to the ground with a gentle clang. Albus summoned the force of the wind to open the doors. In the following room, he muttered the spell they had invented to bring Minerva's chess set back to its original size.

"Revertere"

Then he heard it: the hissing screams of

"KILL HIM, KILL HIM".


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